. Fiona Ford, a professional triathlete, coach and founder of coaching service Triathlon Europe, says February is the ideal time to work on your weaknesses. "For many triathletes swimming presents the biggest challenge and winter is the perfect time
him within the frequencies. Trying to stay entertained during those long hours made for tough training on boring circuits with countless traffic lights.Fast-forward three years and Eyles is the co-host of one of the world's most popular triathlon
Vine, director of Age Group Teams with British Triathlon.Such an event can be the highlight of a triathlete's year. Richard Dunbabin took part in the World Sprint Triathlon Championships in Hamburg in 2007 and in Vancouver in 2008, where he finished
to challenge yourself, to take a step outside your comfort zone.Challenges galoreThankfully, there are many options in triathlon. You can go long, go short, off-road or just go somewhere else to enjoy the sport. Age-grouping, at either European or World
sprint-distance triathlon in the 2010 season. An intermediate might aim to complete a sub 2:45 Olympic-distance triathlon, and if you're an experienced triathlete you might be aiming to take two minutes off your Ironman PB swim time and, maybe, achieve a
you're desperate to knock a few seconds off. You can forget how much you've improved since the start of your journey with triathlon."Fill up your racing diary Lloyd suggests that triathletes enter a few local races at the end of the season. Because you
Picture the scene: after 10 hard years of racing and training, you make a triathlon breakthrough by qualifying for the ITU World Championships. You're one of the finest triathletes in the country, winning the right to join Team GB.So you fine
their advice with Triathlete's World.1. When disaster strikes, analyse the reasonsBen Bright, who coaches former ITU Triathlon world champion Tim Don, says if something isn't working or you have a bad race, you need to understand why."The first step
at podium finishes at the World and European championships," he says. "Long term, I'd like a Paralympic gold medal."Goddard will have to stay on top of his game for at least another seven years to achieve that goal. Triathlon became an Olympic sport in 2000